Mickey Boardman Explained

Mickey Boardman is an American writer, socialite, philanthropist, and media personality. From 1993 to 2023, he served as an editorial director and advice columnist for Paper magazine.^[1]

Life and career

Boardman was raised in Hanover Park, Illinois,^[2] and graduated from Purdue University in 1989, with a degree in Spanish.^[3] After school, he spent a year in Madrid, Spain teaching before moving to New York City to study fashion design at the Parsons School of Design.^[4]

Since 1993, he has written the advice column “Ask Mr. Mickey” in Paper magazine.^[5] His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Out, and German Vogue.^[6]

Boardman is an active commentator on the New York social/fashion scene and has appeared as a cultural commentator, lifestyle expert, and fashion guru for networks like VH1, A&E, CNN, E!, and Fox News.^[7]

Boardman was recognized as one of New York magazine’s “Most Photographed Faces in New York” and voted by Fashion Week Daily as one of the most-invited people.^[8]

A philanthropist, Boardman has been active in many charitable efforts including Mr. Mickey’s Sidewalk Sale, Doctors Without Borders, Coalition for the Homeless, and Red Cross earthquake relief for Haiti and Chile.

Boardman is a dedicated supporter of Citta, a charity that builds schools, clinics and women's cooperatives in India and Nepal.

Notes and References

1. https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304603704579325273677026590?mod=New_York_newsreel_3 Wall Street Journal: "'J.Lo of India' Draws a Crowd Downtown" By Adrienne Gaffney
2. News: Bernstein . Jacob . 2012-12-14 . The Natural History Museum of Mickey . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-01 . 0362-4331.
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/fashion/mickey-boardman-keeping-up-with-his-followers.html?_r=0 New York Times: "Mickey Boardman: Keeping Up With His Followers" By MARY BILLARD
4. https://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/from-parsons-to-paper-mag-how-mickey-boardman-made-it-in-fas Buzz Feed: "From Parsons To Paper Mag: How Mickey Boardman Made It In Fashion" by Amy Odell
5. News: Ask Mr. Mickey. 22 September 2011. Paper Magazine. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110924234502/http://www.papermag.com/mr_mickey/. 24 September 2011.
6. Book: Doonan, Simon . Roxanne Lowit . amp . Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You. 2008. Simon and Schuster. 87–92. 9781416535430 . registration .
7. Book: Hastreiter, Kim, David Hershkovits and John Waters. From AbFab to zen: PAPER's guide to pop culture. 1999. Paper Pub. Co.. New York, New York. 9781891024047.
8. Web site: The Most Powerful People in New York- The Most Photographed Faces of 2010. New York Magazine. 22 September 2011.